Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	john_n	thomas_n	wroth_a	53	3	16.8697	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04636	The alchemist. VVritten by Ben. Ionson	Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.	1612 (1612)	STC 14755; ESTC S109357	59,534	100

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